Montana Food Bank Reaps Many Benefits from Food Waste Recycling
If you've been skeptical about just how beneficial food waste composting is, the following success story might make you a believer. The Great Falls Community Food Bank in Montana began their food waste recycling program back in 2010. By composting, they're able to recycle 24 tons of food waste each year. This effort saves the food bank up to $3,000 per... [Read more...]
Unilever launches food waste toolkit for restaurants
Unilever Food Solutions has developed a waste toolkit for catering venues and restaurants to help food service operators control their costs better. The toolkit breaks down the cost of commercial food waste and contains guidance on how establishments can carry out waste audits. It includes a briefing sheet for managers, guidelines for staff and menu ideas... [Read more...]
Waste Farmers: A Company Aims to Put Nutrients From Food Waste Back Into the Soil
The United States has a topsoil problem. About 75 percent of it is gone, primarily because the large, single-crop farms that dominate American agriculture rely on chemicals and synthetic fertilizers to produce their harvests, depleting natural soil systems in the process. John-Paul Maxfield thinks compost can help solve this problem. Environmentalists love... [Read more...]
